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package io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl;

import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.PatchContext;
import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.PatchType;

public interface StatusPatchable<T> {

  /**
   * Does a PATCH request to the /status subresource ignoring changes to anything except the status stanza.
   * <p>This method has the same patching behavior as {@link Patchable#patch(PatchContext, Object)}, with {@link PatchType#JSON_MERGE} but against the status subresource.
   * <p>Set the resourceVersion to null to prevent optimistic locking.
   *
   * @param item kubernetes object
   * @return updated object
   */
  T patchStatus(T item);

}
